Kolkata: Is there anything wrong in playing the indoor game of carrom? Well the general answer would certainly be ‘no’. But newly-elected Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakrabarty has found that playing carrom is indeed wrong, more so if you are an actor and a Member of Parliament.
Well Mimi who has been elected from the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal recently played carrom with party workers. She did so during a visit to a TMC office in her constituency. The act was recorded and Mimi herself posted the video on her Facebook account. The moment she did so she was trolled by a large number of people.
See video: https://www.facebook.com/itsmimichakraborty/videos/1193509004373087/
Mimi captioned the video: “A moment of playing carrom at the party office, just before leaving for the day.” But then she did not expect the way the netizens would react.
One netizen wrote: “You don’t have time to go to the Parliament, but to play carrom. Extraordinary indeed !!” Another wrote: “Politics is not a sport, look at people. You have posted a video of playing carrom, but not anything about your activity at the party office.” Other comments on similar lines also were posted.
There were some however, who stood by the actor-turned-politician. One admirer wrote, “As she is an actor who has joined politics, she is being trolled. Don’t worry Mimi di; carry on. Nothing to worry about such criticism.”
But Mimi, who essentially is a fun-loving character, will probably think not twice, but many more times, before posting such light videos. After all, she probably did not expect such harsh reactions for having a light-hearted moment.
PNN
